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Hey, anybody remember anything special that happened yesterday? Any big events? Because if you are a newspaper editor, you know that the article you put on page 1 above the fold tends to be about really important, major developments, “big events,” if you will, such as the inauguration of America’s first black president. That’s why pretty much every paper in the WORLD put Obama on its front page this morning, because what else were they going to write about? What could possibly be more important than this completely historic and singular event?
Oh right! Well done, Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
UPDATE: So it looks like the AJC actually did a “special section” on the inauguration. This segregation of the news is, of course, horribly racist and offensive.
Many thanks to the shadowy cabal known as “the forces of BCO” (?) for uncovering this journalistic horror.
Obama Seizes World’s A1 Supply [Gawker]
Yes…yes, I bought an AJC and noticed. They had it on the front page right after the big section about Barry’s inauguration, which appeared to be the real front page. It’s not *quite* as retarded as it seems, but still.
No way the AJC is going to put a black man on the front page who wasn’t
a) a murder
b) a rapist
c) convicted
d) played football
e) All of the Above
In fairness sake, I found this on the AJC website.
“Because of our special Inauguration 2009 section, you’ll find non-inauguration national, international and local news in this section.”
(http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2009/01/21/a1rail0121.html)
Still though, it took some digging to find, to only mention it with a tiny blue box on the cover is idiotic.
Snark, commence!
I beat Mega Man 2 on hard yesterday for the first time ever and if I had a paper, that would be on the front page.
Fuck you, Crash Man.
BCO? Like that message board that was popular for hipsters 4 years ago?
I was at least expecting this to be a Texan paper.
Texas…it’s like a whole ‘nother country.
The organized rally of thousands of paid flunkies and their family members forced to gather at an astroturf rally in honor of our greatest President brings a goddamn tear to my eye. He has earned his manufactured celebrations.
What do you expect from Georgia?
BARRY’S INAUGURATION IS IN A SPECIAL SECTION *BEFORE* THE ‘FRONT’ PAGE, SO THERE!
Caps added for ‘clarity’.
It’s a nice pic of him taking the oath, too. John McCain is one of the many faces in the background in the top left.
That’s because the AJC knows that Obama isn’t really President. Chris Wallace told them so.
Isn’t this the paper that puts their comics on the front page?
Trace: Next up, Kirby’s Dreamland?
“Hello, Texas!” is what they say in Kennebunkport when the butler hands them a vodka martini so that headline is apparently a direct quote.
I would be more interested on the discussion in the editor’s meeting room where they made the decision to go with this as the “front page”. Even if you buy the whole, “we have a whole section devoted to the Inauguration” BS, why would you put his return in such BOLD LETTERS?
Whatever, I think Manchu has it right.
They should have had Furman Bishop cover the convention. He could say he won’t recognize Obama as president until Ethiopia renounces helping Italy in WWII.
They should have had Furman Bishop cover the inauguration. He could say he won’t recognize Obama as president until Ethiopia renounces helping Italy in WWII.
Morans. None of you noticed the RON PAUL Gold Standard story on the right sidebar, either.
ManchuCandidate: or ran a dog fighting ring
Actually, this is the big news as far as I am concerned. We are finally rid of that swine.
Trace: That is a fucking awesome aside. FUCM, indeed!
This implies that Georgians can read. Clearly, this is some kind of novelty item.
You mean this didn’t rate above the fold? Best lede ever:
JONES, Okla. — A squirrel caught fire, sparking a blaze Wednesday morning that resulted in the evacuation of an elementary school in Jones, fire officials said.
Heh. “Warm Welcome Replaces Chill of DC for Bush.” Yeah, he’s all yours. May you have the joy of him.
“BCO”?
Barack Coonsane Obama?
In fairness, the Detroit paper did the same thing. Kind of shocking to see them side by side here: http://www.newsdesigner.com/top50/
For Barry to make A1, he’ll have to strangle some pit bulls or create a Dept. of Coca Cola.
I can not *believe* that front page story.
That Chrysler would look to Fiat deal for hope, and not look to Hopey.
There goes your bailout, traitors.
Trace: screw that. what about the Heat Man stage?
Helcat: *shrug* It’s Detroit. They probably figure every black politican is Kwame.
I bet Saxby had something to do with this!
TGY: That’s just to make it easier for the incorrigibles to steal, leaving the “real” news behind for the civilized people.
Sassette: Cox Enterprises owns the AJC as well as the Austin Statesman-American and Waco Tribune. Some of the senior Atlanta people worked at the Austin paper so it’s to be expected.
Also, the Cox sisters did back Jimmy Carter for president but did not want Jesse Jackson any where near the White House.
It’s important to note that when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the AJC ran the headline, “WORST HURRICANE SEASON EVER!” No shit. Exclamation point included.
Ever since I’ve moved north I have missed the AJC’s typos, errors, and all-around bad judgment. The New York Post comes close, but their gleeful exaggerations and bad judgment is a cold, calculated decision, meant to win over the non-gentrified parts of the outer boroughs. The AJC, on the other hand, sucks on accident.
Thank GOD - the AJC is to be commended for not being IN THE TANK like the rest of the world’s satantic media!
1/20/09: The day the Chief Justice was pwn3d by his own memory.
Oh, how very superior we all are. You snarky people can’t do one goddamned bit of research or grant one bit of the benefit of the doubt, can you?
The “special section” on the inauguration was the outermost part of the paper. As soon as you open it up, you got a 60%-of-the-page picture of Obama, with the headline “A new era of responsibility.”
The picture linked in this post is as shamefully misleading as you could possibly get. In order to take it, the paper had to be unfolded, the large, FRONT MOST inaugural section shed, and then the section below taken out and photographed as if it were the front page.
A1 is not a designation of importance, it is a template and a reference for convenience. The front page in any sane person’s mind of today’s AJC was an entire section about one event: Obama’s inauguration. It was the story of 1/20 and it was given appropriate gravitas in that paper. An entire section at the front, while others only had a picture on A1.
I grew up in Atlanta, have voted democrat my entire life, and last year voted bright and early for Obama in my new home of California.
His message of one country, of putting aside bile and bitterness and embracing unity is completely pissed on by the majority of comments in this thread and the presumption and bias of its author.
What did I expect from Georgia, nmmagayar? Someone who can spot the fishiness of that photo and do some fucking research. Me. Took me 15 minutes and a brain that didn’t assume everyone from south of the mason dixon line is a barefoot, inbred, illiterate racist.
You should be ashamed of yourselves.
TGY: Upon reading again, apologies to you. Thank you for pointing it out first. I stand by my criticism of the hypocrisy of abandoning Obama’s principles in the process of attacking a perceived lack of respect for him, but my annoyance got me going too quickly.
Doesn’t seem anyone was listening, though, even with the caps. :/
ferroptic:
I take it you’re new here.
Note, we hate everybody including ourselves.
ManchuCandidate: Lapsed. Was a regular reader long long long ago, and left when I found substantive coverage that kept up with Wonkette’s posting frequency.
Weirdly enough I still stick to some Gawker properties, where the commenter culture is similarly hate filled.
I was sent this by someone who bought it though, so I had to don the rubber suit and leap to action.
ferroptic: Eh. Special section or not, I have a love-hate relationship with the AJC. Love in the sense that I know a lot of people that work there and they’re good people trying their damnedest to make the paper survive The Death of All Media. Hate in the sense that the paper’s editors have the combined judgement of Plaxico Burress at a gun show (Heyo!).
madtowngooner: All Okie cops & firemen carry “throw down squirrels” to insure Act of God showing up on the paperwork. It’s pretty much a function of the iron grip of the OK insurance lobby. Similar smoked squirrel stories can be found daily in OK,
Monsieur Grumpe: “Isn’t this the paper that puts their comics on the front page?”
No, no, no. You’re confusing AJC with The Daily Oklahoman (from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA).
Olkpeorgietirebiter: Oklahoma is all over the news since the election because, you know, Walnuts won every fucking county. The MSM is using us as a lab experiments to determine just how fucking stupid people have to be before they lose the ability to spoon their chicken fried steaks into their mouths without help.
This AM, NPR interview some crackers in Coal County in Little Dixie (which used to be totally Democratic until the party started letting the negroes join) and this old guy said he didn’t watch the Inauguration because “he just wants to take my money away. Share the wealth.”
Dude–Take the reins. What money? Seriously, you’ve got nothing anyone wants, with the possible exception of a box of stale saltines to go with the hobo beans.
I have to wonder if a.) most of the people reading this forum know anything about the AJC, or b.) anybody was actually listening to Obama’s speech on Tuesday? Where is our new era of responsibility and cooperation? Or did he say “snarkiness” and I just missed it?
The AJC is not the world’s finest paper, neither is it the PR arm of the KKK. Just because it is from Georgia (and for any of those of you hatin’ on Georgia, have you actually been to Atlanta? Some of us actually have shoes. Oh, and PhDs) doesn’t mean that it is racist. I am usually the last person complaining about East Coast mentalities, but my goodness. The 5 county metro area around Atlanta went for Obama by about a quarter of a million people… not all of them black.